Yoan Mudry

Schizophrenic Values

- Back in my day we weren't so easily offended by everything.
- Back in your day, you'd lose your mind if a black person used the same drinking fountain as you.

"Schizophrenic Values" talks about what the artist Yoan Mudry feels are «crisis points» in our globalised contemporary societies. It refers to the conflicting spaces that arise from the meeting of antagonistic values. Debates that most often begin in this new public space, that has become the Internet, that sometimes gain in importance, and that can lead to the penetration of citizen, family, street and political life.

"Global warming", the "anti-vaccine" movement, the "me too" movement, and "gender theories", "flat earth" and "gun control", it is easy to imagine that the world has gone mad or that it is suddenly confronted with idiots of a brand-new species never before encountered in the history of mankind. (Everyone can then attribute this new facts to the manipulation of fake news, to the reptilians, or to the crisis in national education according to their respective orientations.)

But the conclusion would be hasty. In particular, it does not take into account the other aspect of the matter that the artist already mentioned with the work "The Silent Organs" in 2017: the multiplication of communication channels and the democratization of access to public expression has cancelled the monopoly of dominant discourse. The one who at the time was the only one who could make his voice heard, must now share the space of speech, justify his positions, acknowledge the existence of other points of view. However, for many reasons, these debates are similar to those that can take place at 3 a.m. between two drunkards who do not talk about the same thing. We will discuss this elsewhere (linearitysmodulation.net).

For "Schizophrenic Values", Yoan Mudry creates a new series of paintings. Continuing a personal process that began several years ago, the artist creates collages whose elements are taken from the internet. The series whose titles resemble absurd slogans "Animals are Bastards too", "Save the Planet Kill yourself", "You don't hate Monday" uses a plastically simplified language to send a more direct message. Like an attitude at a time when everyone has a say.

Roxane Bovet
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- Back in my day we weren't so easily offended by everything.
- Back in your day, you'd lose your mind if a black person used the same drinking fountain as you.